Herself

Sandra is a young woman who has finally left her abusive husband. She moves with her two daughters to a temporary room in an airport hotel, while she tries to figure out how to reconstruct their life. As Sandra splits her days between motherhood and two low-wage jobs, she has recurrent flashbacks of the violence she has been through, and has to keep resisting her ex’s attempts to get her back. With the help of her compassionate boss, she decides to build a house from scratch, slowing bringing together a small circle of affectionate people who support her in realizing her dream. In Herself, the house-building process is an analogy to Sandra’s personal breakthrough towards a new happy life.
 
Set in Dublin, this dramatic story of abuse is a tragically common one that could have taken place anywhere else around the world. Herself is a warm-hearted film about a courageous woman who realizes she is not alone in the world.